Winners & Losers WINNERSWhile Paul Allen begs public officials to help his money-bleeding Trail Blazers, the team owner finally got to glimpse a rainbow behind the clouds. Forbes magazine last week jumped Allen from s ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSUnexpectedly high state tax collections give new life to opponents of the corporate kicker income-tax refund. Kicker critics' longstanding question of "why refund money to business just because ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSAmen to free speech! Hallelujah for hellfire evangelists! Street preacher Edward Gathright, known for lambasting harloty women and sinnin' gays in Portland's public places, got a dose of vindic ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSDevelopers, start your engines. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld Measure 37, handing a huge win to property-rights advocates. Oregon voters in 2004 approved the measure, wh ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSOregon voters desperate for any alternative to the desultory cast of major-party candidates for governor received a glimmer of hope outta central Oregon. State Sen. Ben Westlund, a live wire wh ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSSupporters of public campaign financing in Portland aren't celebrating yet, but they did get potentially good news last week. An initial check of signatures turned in by First Things First, a b ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSWe'll roll the dice and call Mayor Tom Potter a winner for proposing a $69 million-a-year city income tax for schools without much evidence it can pass. Potter has always said kids come first, ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSDespite a new Portland Police Bureau policy against officers shooting at oncoming cars, a grand jury cleared Lt. Jeffrey Kaer in the Jan. 4 shooting death of an unarmed man in a car outside the ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSGov. Ted Kulongoski dodged a potential loss in this May's Democratic primary when ex-Gov. John Kitzhaber answered his one-man "Will I run again?" chorus with "I won't." One possible memo now th ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSPhew! Portland Citizens Crime Commission chair Jim Jeddeloh can breathe easier after the Clackamas County DA's office decided against prosecuting him on domestic-violence allegations. In declin ...   More